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1 day 5 hours ago	Explanations	Why was Don Brown's scheme successful against, for example, OSU last year and so completely exposed tonight?  (PSU was still integrating the Moorhead offense when we played them, so I won't use that as a comparison.)  Is the absense of Jabrill the difference?   I just looked, and even in their lowest scoring game (21-19 over Iowa), PSU still put up nearly 600 yards of offense, so it's not like they held PSU in check either.
1 day 7 hours ago	Denard throwing fades	Notre Dame and Roy Roundtree disagree with you.
1 week 3 days ago	2016 Tennessee DeBord v. 2016 Indiana	Offensive rankings Tennessee: FEI #28; S&P+ #28 Indiana: FEI #81; S&P+ #67 I'm not a huge DeBord fan, but Tennessee's offense last year had much better advanced stats than Indiana's (with Wilson, et al.).
1 week 3 days ago	Najee Harris	It's not like they didn't go after Najee Harris.  Also, I wonder how different things would be if Isaiah Wilson wasn't flipped to Georgia.  We could have really used a top-20 OT (obviously).
1 week 5 days ago	Isaiah Wilson	Or if Georgia hadn't "magically" flipped top-20 OT Isaiah Wilson at the last minute.
1 week 5 days ago	Who recruited Rudock and O'Korn	Was it Hoke/Borges ("No need to sign a QB because we have Shane Morris coming in a year")?
1 week 5 days ago	Maizen - What do you want to see?	Honest question, no sarcasm:  What do you want to see from Harbaugh either during the year, or after the season?  Drevno and/or Hamilton and/or Jay demoted/fired?  Some other players given a shot?  Different formations (simplified) or approach?  Other than simply attaining success (which obviously would give anyone confidence that success is achievable), what, if any, steps could Harbaugh take over the next year that would give you any more confidence that success would come in the future?
1 week 6 days ago	Iowa in the 2nd half last year	They beat us by gaining a full 100 yards and scoring two whole field goals in the second half?  That's not how I would have explained their win.
1 week 6 days ago	Bob Stitt	Through 6 games this year, his FCS Montana team has scored fewer than 39 points only once -- in a loss against FBS No. 7 Washington. (Stitt happens!) (Stitt's happening!)
1 week 6 days ago	He did in 2007	In the move to Stanford, Drevno was moved to TE coach, Shaw was elevated to OC, and Dalman was brought in as OL coach.
1 week 6 days ago	2007 and 2008	As mentioned above, in 2006, Shaw was the PGC and WR coach at USD, while Drevno coached the OL and was OC. In 2007, at Stanford, Shaw became OC, Dalman was brought in as an OL coach, and Drevno was moved to coach TE.  After two years, Dalman was let go, and Drevno moved to OL coach.
1 week 6 days ago	2006 USD	[Double post]
1 week 6 days ago	Shaw was Passing Game Coordinator for 2006 USD team	Yes. http://www.usdtoreros.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/shaw_david00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw_(American_football)
1 week 6 days ago	2006 USD	I believe that is a mistake.  I believe Shaw was brought in as a passing game coordinator and WR coach, while Drevno remained the OC.
1 week 6 days ago	2015 Baylor bowl game against top-20 UNC	Baylor was down its top 2 QBs, top WR, top RB, and RT, so they went single wing, had five different players line up as "QB," and ran for 645 yards.  Would love if we had that level of coaching creativity and acumen on the offensive side of the ball.
1 week 6 days ago	He did okay at Wisconson	19-7 in two years (didn't coach the second bowl game, which was a win for Wisconsin, and would have put him at 20-7 if they won under his watch).  Hired Dave Aranda (the DC that LSU poached).  The decision to go to Oregon State was definitely a curious one.
1 week 6 days ago	Baylor 2015 offense switch	I am amazed by what they did in 2015.  Down their top 2 QsB, top WR, top RB, and RT, they went single wing, used 5 different players as "QB," and ran for 645 yards (after being a top passing team) against a top 20 team to win their bowl game.  Brilliant coaching.
1 week 6 days ago	Firing staff at Stanford	Apparently he fired some of his staff at Stanford, including a "friend and former player who had attended Harbaugh's wedding." http://www.businessinsider.com/john-harbaughs-insane-competitiveness-201...
2 weeks 31 min ago	Ulizio wasn't emerging	The problem is that the OP misread the comment by Sam.  It wasn't that Ulizio was "emerging" or "couldn't be kept off the field," etc.  That would have been a good sign.  Sam's language was something like: even Ulizio is being given a shot at RT.  In other words, things are so bad, they are trying a 3rd option in desperation.  To spin that into good news of depth was mistaken.
2 weeks 1 day ago	Next OC	Harbaugh absolutely hates losing, and I remember reading he shuffled up his staff at Stanford fairly early.  For the sake of distracting ourselves, let's imagine Drevno and maybe Hamilton are encouraged to look for other situations after this season.  If Harbaugh decides to bring in fresh ideas on offense (and do the kind of research that led to hiring Don Brown), who should he find?  I'm interested in hearing any names (and rationales for their hire).
2 weeks 1 day ago	Hoke's record and Harbaugh's record	I wonder if Hoke and Harbaugh ever coached before they reached Michigan.  They did?  Oh, Hoke was a .500 level coach whom no major program (other than Michigan) wanted when he was hired?  Interesting.  And Harbaugh had man excellent track record before Michigan, and people legitimately think NFL teams will try to hire him away because he is one of the small number of elite coaches in the game?  Also interesting.  I wonder if that is relevant.
2 weeks 2 days ago	O'Maury Samuels	Thanks for your comments and analysis (and many thanks to the original poster as well).  Can you elaborate on your comment about Samuels?  I thought he was the RB that most likely did not need to bulk up.
2 weeks 5 days ago	Denard as sophomore QB versus Chad Henne as sophomore QB	If Robinson's 62.5% completion rate was inflated by short completions, you'd expect his yards per completion to be less than Henne's, but they weren't.  Put another way, if Henne were throwing those difficult, beautiful, long NFL throws as you claim, why was his yards per completion so much lower than Denard's?  Of course, Henne was throwing to Jason Avant, Mario Manningham, and Steve Breaston that year -- three WRs who would go on to play in the NFL for a collective 23 years.  Denard's top three targets in 2010 were Roy Roundtree, Darryl Stonum, and Junior Hemingway.  By my count, those three WRs went on to collect 233 yards collectively in the NFL.  (I suppose that is Denard's fault too, somehow?) Ah, but I'm sure the threat of those beautiful, long NFL throws from Henne opened the running for Michigan, right?  Yet Mike Hart averaged 4.4 yards per carry, for 662 yards that year (versus Denard's 6.6 yards per carry, for 1700+ yards).  Please explain how those fewer yards were actually hard-fought and therefore more valuable, because Carr's system wasn't designed to create running holes (or yards) like RR's was. Denard's interception rate (the only stat you mention, discounting completion percentage or yards/attempt or yards/completion) that year (3.78%) (throwing to Roundtree, Stonum, et al.) was comparable to Elvis Grbac's career interception rate (3.71%) (throwing to Desmond Howard), slightly above Jim Harbaugh's career interception rate (3.55%) and slightly below Jim Harbaugh's interception rate in 1986 (3.97%), when Harbaugh finished 3rd in the Heisman.  (Indeed, Harbaugh's 1986 numbers align fairly close to Denard's in 2010, when Denard finished 6th in the Heisman voting.  Harbaugh completed 180 of 277, for 2729 yards, with 10 TDs and 11 INTs.) Finally, I shouldn't even have to make this point, because again, we were talking about Denard in college (and specifically in 2010, before Al Borges and Brady Hoke committed crimes against humanity at Michigan, and before Denard was injured) and as a college QB, but Denard was drafted to be a RB/WR in the NFL.  Timmy Chang never played a (non-preseason) snap in the NFL, neither did Dan LeFevour.  Kliff Kingsbury attempted two passes in the NFL.  Does that mean we can write off all of their accomplishments as college QBs as well?
2 weeks 6 days ago	2 Michigan QBs	QB1: Soph. yr stats: 223/382, 58.4%, 2526 yds, 6.6 y/a, 23:8 TD:INT, 129.6 Pass Rating QB2: Soph. yr stats: 182/289, 62.5%, 2570 yds, 8.8 y/a, 18:11 TD:INT, 149.6 Pass Rating Which is better? Oh yeah, QB2 also ran for 1702 yards that year, at 6.6 ypc.  But QB1 was slow and looks like a traditional Michigan QB, so he was obviously better.
2 weeks 6 days ago	Our last decent QB	Putting aside Rudock in '15 and Speight in '16, our last decent QB was Denard Robinson.  He was an excellent college QB.
3 weeks 2 days ago	Love the shovel pass	Such a great counter.  Really wish I'd see a Michigan offense use it.
3 weeks 4 days ago	Fantastic, and much appreciated	These are really great.  Fantastic stuff.  Thanks very much for doing them -- much appreciated.
7 weeks 17 hours ago	Salt Lake City, Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah.
8 weeks 6 days ago	Maybe (hopefully) eclipse-related?	Maybe (hopefully) eclipse-related?
8 weeks 6 days ago	Why?	Why?

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